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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, meets with the Polish-Jamaican Chamber of Commerce (P-JCC) team, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The P-JCC members are keen on partnering with Jamaica in several areas including food technology and recycling.

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Dermon Spence (centre), along with (from left) Principal Director-Technical Services, Rural Agricultural Development Authority, Marina Young; Senior Director, Agricultural Land Management Division, MICAF, Joan Brown Morrison; Chief Technical Director for Special Projects at the Ministry, Courtney Cole; Managing Director, Newport Fersan, DennisContinue reading “PS Spence meets with the Newport Fersan Team”

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence (left), in discussion with Managing Director, Dennis Valdez; and Business Development Manager, Hedda Rose Pitter, Newport Fersan, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The meeting discussed developments in the agricultural sector, focusingContinue reading “PS Spence in discussion with the Newport Fersan Team”

Chief Technical Director for Special Projects in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Courtney Cole (left), along with Managing Director, Dennis Valdez; and Business Development Manager, Hedda Rose Pitter, Newport Fersan, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The meeting discussed developments in the agriculturalContinue reading “CTD Courtney Cole greets Newport Fersan’s Managing Director Dennis Valdez and Business Development Manager Hedda Rose Pitter”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), in discussion with (from left) Ambassador of Brazil, H.E. Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog; and Chief Technical Director for Special Projects at the Ministry, Courtney Cole, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Minister Shaw andContinue reading “Courtesy Call with Ambassador of Brazil”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Ambassador of Brazil, H. E. Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Minister Shaw and Ambassador den Hartog discussed opportunities for cooperation between Jamaica and Brazil.

Dermon Spence (left), Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF); César Dang Guillen (2nd left) and Christian Iván Neya López (4th left) of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mexico along with His Excellency Juan José González Mijares (3rd left),  Mexican Ambassador to Jamaica, share a light moment Continue reading “Discussing Agriculture Canine Detection”

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, speaking at the launch of Intellectual Property (IP) Week 2019, at JAMPRO’s Business Auditorium, Trafalgar Road, Kingston, on Tuesday, April 23. Seated at the head table is Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lilyclaire Bellamy. JIPO is observing IPContinue reading “Minister Floyd Green speaking at the launch of IP Week”

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), converses with Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lilyclaire Bellamy, at the launch of Intellectual Property (IP) Week 2019, at JAMPRO’s Business Auditorium, Trafalgar Road, Kingston, on Tuesday, April 23. JIPO is observing IP Week from April 23-28,Continue reading “Minister Floyd Green converses with JIPO’s Executive Director Lilyclaire Bellamy”

Hon J. C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, poses atop a cow on display at the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St. James on April 22, 2019.